Center for Preventive Action

The Center for Preventive Action (CPA) "was established by the Council on Foreign Relations in 1994 to help prevent, defuse, or resolve deadly conflicts around the world and to expand the body of knowledge on conflict prevention."


 * Director - Paul B. Stares (as of November 2007)

Advisory Board (2010)
Accessed May 2010:


 * Peter Ackerman - Managing Director, Rockport Capital, Inc.
 * Richard K. Betts - Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Patrick M. Byrne - Overstock.com
 * Aaron L. Friedberg - Princeton University
 * Leslie H. Gelb - President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Sherri W. Goodman - CNA
 * David A. Hamburg - Cornell University Medical College
 * Matthew L. Hodes - Ascent Strategies LLC
 * General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.) - One Team, Inc.
 * Marc E. Leland - Marc E. Leland & Associates, Inc.
 * Robert S. Litwak - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
 * Carol Melton - Time Warner Inc.
 * Barnett R. Rubin - New York University
 * Nancy E. Soderberg - University of North Florida
 * General John W. Vessey, USA (Ret.)
 * Steven D. Winch - Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
 * James D. Zirin - Sidley Austin, LLP

Advisory Board (2008)
Accessed January 2008:


 * Peter Ackerman
 * Patrick M. Byrne
 * Antonia Handler Chayes
 * Joachim Gfoeller, Jr.
 * Richard N. Haass
 * David A. Hamburg
 * John G. Heimann
 * General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.)
 * Jane E. Holl Lute
 * Vincent A. Mai
 * Margaret F. Mudd
 * William L. Nash
 * Kenneth Roth
 * Barnett R. Rubin
 * Julia Vadala Taft
 * General John W. Vessey, USA (Ret.)
 * Robert G. Wilmers
 * James D. Zirin

Advisory Board (2002)

 * John W. Vessey
 * Morton I. Abramowitz - The Century Foundation
 * Antonia Handler Chayes - Conflict Management Group
 * Leslie H. Gelb - Council on Foreign Relations
 * Joachim Gfoeller, Jr.
 * David A. Hamburg
 * Reynold Levy - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
 * John G. Heimann
 * General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.)
 * Jane E. Holl Lute
 * Vincent A. Mai
 * Margaret F. Mudd
 * Kenneth Roth
 * Barnett R. Rubin
 * Julia Vadala Taft
 * Strobe Talbott - Brookings Institution
 * Robert G. Wilmers

Contact

 * Web: http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/cpa/

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